This is courtesy of Dean Koontz, who wrote this piece as an afterword for the Berkeley edition of The House of Thunder, which was originally published by Pocket Books under the pseudonym of Leigh Nichols.
Ty Schwamberger is the newest Part-Time Faculty member at the University of Akron, in Akron, Ohio, and will be instructing a class in Spring 2010, called, “So You Want To Be A Horror Writer – How to Write Scary Stuff and Get It Published.”
Ray Bradbury discusses the inspiration behind Farenheit 451.
Only Kim Paffenroth could have written Valley Of The Dead. And that’s as it should be, since he’s a man who knows his religious literature.
Dead America is yet another zombie novel in an overcrowded market. It is wise in its societal perceptions, and knowledgeable about the conventions of hardboiled fiction.
